The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - The budget provides $2.4  million one-time General Fund for the Civil Right Department ’s California vs. Hate initiative. California vs. Hate is a non-emergency hotline and online portal that allows state residents to report hate crimes and hate incidents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - In 2024, California ’s disadvantaged students scored lower than similar peers in other states in both math and reading, while non ‑disadvantaged students scored better on average than similar peers in other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - The California Horse Racing Board regulates the horse racing industry. Tribal Gaming. Tribes currently operate 66 casinos in 28 counties, offering slot machines, lottery games, and card games on Indian lands.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The CCC Board of Governors adopted the current scoring system in September 2020. Scoring System Includes Three Project Categories. Under its current scoring system, the Chancellor ’s Office allocates available bond funding across three project categories: life safety, modernization, and growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - The California Horse Racing Board regulates the horse racing industry. Tribal Gaming. Tribes currently operate 66 casinos in 29 counties, offering slot machines, lottery games, and card games on Native American lands.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - The California Horse Racing Board regulates the horse racing industry. Tribal Gaming. Tribes currently operate 66 casinos in 28 counties, offering slot machines, lottery games, and card games on Indian lands.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook Executive Summary Not Safe to Bet Artificial Intelligence ( AI) Fueled Exuberance Is Sustainable. Both the California and U.S. economies currently face significant headwinds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The Board of Governors adopted a new scoring system in September 2020. Because the majority of Proposition  51 bond funding had already been committed by that time, relatively few projects under that earlier bond were selected under the new scoring system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - This Time Might Be Different, but It Is Not Safe to Bet on It.   As our office warned last November, it now appears time to take seriously the notion that the stock market has become overheated. While there is a chance that this time is different and no such downturn is forthcoming, the risk appears strong enough that we have incorporated it into the state 's revenue outlook.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - This Time Might Be Different, but It Is Not Safe to Bet on It.   As our office warned last November, it now appears time to take seriously the notion that the stock market has become overheated. While there is a chance that this time is different and no such downturn is forthcoming, the risk appears strong enough that we have incorporated it into the state 's revenue outlook.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852